the CD includes sources to the kernel on platforms which required NDAs to get the information to do the port. part of the NDA, as i understand it, required the sorts of restrictions on redistribution in the commercial license. people have tried to get at least some bits of that opened up, and at least one vendor has given a definitive "no". so i don't think the CD, per se, will ever be available without a license.
CDs with licenses do, every so often, come up for sale. after my original copy got lost in a move, i bought one off someone here about two years ago. but i think at this point, it's a good bet that no new licenses for the CD will be generated. i believe it would, theoretically, be possible for the Labs to offer the CD contents, minus the restricted platforms, under the current licensing terms, but i wouldn't hold out too much hope that anyone with the authority to do so will find 2e worth the time. on the chance i'm wrong: if anyone with such authority can give the OK, i'm more than happy to do the legwork: prune the tree of restricted stuff (which i understand to be the SGI, MIPS, and NeXT kernel and boot loader bits, /sys/src/9/(chm indigo3k indigo4k next power) and /sys/src/boot/(indigo magnum)) and stick either the tree or a .tgz up somewhere. failing that, i think you're left to ebay. sorry.
